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A Yacht (1)

Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At 7.29 p.m. on 5th September, 1965, the acting honorary secretary was told by the police that a yacht had capsized in the Conway estuary. At 7.40 the IRB launched in a moderate to fresh north-westerly breeze and moderate sea. On reaching the yacht, which had a crew of two, the IRB took one aboard and then the second crew member, who had been rescued by a shore boat from Conway, was transferred to the IRB. The :wo people rescued were landed at Deganwy and the IRB returned to her station at 8.40 p.m..